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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2020

Variable Details

VariableQULHI11
LabelWhat qualifications studying for
Question text What qualifications are you studying for?
Responses
1 Degree level qualif. incl. foundation degrees, graduate memb 2255
2 Diploma in Higher Education 119
3 HNC/HND 82
4 ONC/OND 13
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/Edexcel/LQL 294
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 1
7 Teaching qualif. (excl. PGCE) 56
8 Nursing or other medical qualif. not yet mentioned 82
9 Other Higher Education qualifs below degree level 56
10 A-Level/Vocat'l A-Level/GCE in Applied Subjects/T-Level or e 922
11 New Diploma 30
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 10
14 NVQ/SVQ 401
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 0
16 AS-level/Vocatl AS-Level or equiv. 35
17 Certificate of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 0
18 Access to HE 19
19 O-Level or equiv. 0
20 Standard/Ordinary (O) Grade/Lower (Scotland) 0
21 GCSE/Vocatl GCSE 254
22 CSE 0
23 Advanced Higher/Higher/Intermediate/Access qualifs (Scotland 56
24 RSA/OCR 0
25 City and Guilds 95
26 YT Certificate 0
27 Key skills/Core skills (Scotland) 18
28 Basic skills (Skills for life/literacy/numeracy/lang) 48
29 Entry Level Qualifications 15
30 Award, Certificate or Diploma, at Entry level and Levels 1 t 88
31 Any other professional/work-related qualification 1143
33 Scottish Baccalaureate 0
34 Nationals (Scotland) 13
35 Skills for Work (Scotland) 1
-9 Does not apply 70926
-8 No answer 54
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2020
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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